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. 2018 Apr 11;83(6):1107–1118. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyy121

TABLE 3.

Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome Diagnostic Criteria

A diagnosis can be made if an individual meets 2 major criteria or 1 major + 2 minor criteria
Major criteria Minor criteria
Basal cell carcinomas: ≥5 in a lifetime or 1 diagnosed before age 30 Childhood medulloblastoma
Lamellar calcification of the falx before the age of 20 Lympho-mesenteric or pleural cysts
Jaw odontogenic keratocyst Macrocephaly (occipitofrontal circumference (OFC) > 97th percentile)
Palmar or plantar pits: ≥2 Cleft lip/palate
First-degree relative with NBCCS Vertebral or rib anomalies (bifid/splayed/extra ribs, bifid vertebrae)
Preaxial or postaxial polydactyly
Ovarian or cardiac fibromas
Ocular anomalies (cataract, developmental defects, pigmentary changes of the retinal epithelium)